Yeah. He and his boss George Pataki.A New York State DOT mis-manangement problem? You mean the NYSDOT that, at that time, was led by none other than Joseph H. Boardman? Just sayin'.
What do you mean nothing was disclosed. AFAIR there was the usual OIG report of some sort, there was discovery in a court case, and finally after several years of pissing more money away on lawyers, everyone thought discretion was the better part of valor and settled with some money changing hands and promise to share some more money if the defunct sets were sold and some money came in from such sale. I don't think any of it was directly blamed on Boardman or Pataki. As usual responsibility was carefully distributed in a diffused way so probably no one was culpably responsible. Sh*t just happens - was the attitude, and NY State taxpayers were out a bunch of money with nothing to show for it except some executive friends of Pataki probably marginally richer. Amtrak allegedly stole a bunch of sets from NY State according to some railfans, never mind that the sets were always owned by Amtrak to start with. And the usual band played on....And Empire Service continue with Amfleets, except for a brief appearance by one of the refurbished sets.
Two sets actually. I rode on both of 'em, and I have proof! Here's the second set after a run to Albany:
It's probably the 3 that had been sent out for testing before for a retesting after the changes were made.
Although apparently this time it may be in service testing.
and since it is a Gene Poon post, we all known the information is half baked or exaggerated. I'd post a correction, but TO would likely delete it...as they have done when I've corrected his misinformation.
Now, where have we seen this information before? Oh, I think it was in this thread:
